“The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~ Anna Quindelin
Tag Archives: Perfection
Why It Matters
A few weeks ago I had an intriguing discussion with my father-in-law about the movie La La Land. I was telling him how I loved the movie, despite the sad ending, and he said that this was a perspective he couldn’t understand. “There’s enough sadness in the real world that I don’t want it in… Continue Reading
Chasing Confidence (aka, The post I was almost too afraid to share.)
If you look up the word insecure in the dictionary, you’re sure to find a picture of my bashful face peeking up at you from the page. Or, more likely, you’ll find me trying to hide behind the nearby (sexier-sounding) words, like insightful or maybe Instagrammable—most days I’m not even secure enough in my insecurity… Continue Reading
Perfectionism Strikes Again: Messy Toddlers, the Enneagram, and a Trip to Costco That Sent Me Into the Arms of God
I was walking through Costco last week when I saw her: she was impeccably dressed, in a fitted pencil skirt and ironed blouse more suited to a day in the office than a morning spent running errands. The items in her cart were neatly stacked, each one strategically placed to make room for all of… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Frank Wilczek
“If you don’t make mistakes, your not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.” ~ Frank Wilczek, 2004 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Continue Reading
#momlife
Every mother can attest to the momentousness of one’s first full calendar year as a parent. It’s incredible how a tiny little person can transform our world, adding weight and meaning to holidays and events that might previously have gone underappreciated or even unnoticed. So many firsts! So much that is new! With milestones and… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Ann Voskamp
“Life is pain—and you get to choose: either the pain of discipline or the pain of disappointment.” ~ Ann Voskamp For more of Ann’s thoughts on pushing through perfectionism to conquer procrastination, check out this awesome post. Then get ready to be inspired to do hard things in the coming year! Continue Reading
The Big Magic of Little Things
We’re less than two weeks into 2016, but last December has already become a distant memory. Like nearly every family in my personal circles, ours kicked off the new year with a bout of sickness: first Luke was hit, then me, and now poor Charlie is down for the count. Between the frenzy of the… Continue Reading
November Musings: Notes from the Road to Self Improvement
A few weeks ago, a fellow blogger shared this insight on blogging: “One funny thing about having a blog is you write how you feel at a particular time and it’s etched there forever – it’s interesting to look back and see how I felt at different times.” These words were written as a preface… Continue Reading
“You are my child. I love you.”
Last week in my MOPS group, one of the other women commented on how there’s nothing like becoming a parent to evoke feelings of self doubt. I felt comforted to hear my own thoughts echoed by another mom (especially from this particular mom, who also happens to be a pediatrician—it’s nice to know that even… Continue Reading